F-You Colorado! more emission headaches, I may loose my registration |
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F-You Colorado! more emission headaches, I may loose my registration |
newto914s |
Jun 29 2009, 02:07 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 561 Joined: 16-February 04 From: Thornton, CO Member No.: 1,663 |
With the help of some of the great Colorado 914 guys(notably Mike and Chris W) i got my car to pass the e-check. Read about it here.
I thought everything was fine and dandy. With my 5 year collector plates on it I never have to worry about emissions again(bring on the SBC). But in Colorado they have these white child molester looking vans that sit on the highway entrance ramps. They use a laser to measure the emission of all the car entering. I drove by one and got a letter in the mail. Now I have to bring my car to a state inspector for another evaluation or my registration will be revoked and a $100 fine imposed. Their's no way I'm going to pass now, with no Cat an no smog pump. The irony is my car runs better than it ever has. F-U CO |
newto914s |
Jul 13 2009, 07:40 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 561 Joined: 16-February 04 From: Thornton, CO Member No.: 1,663 |
I take it all back, sorry Colorado.
I passed, but more than that I learned a little bit(cue after-school special music) Turns out, at the bottom of that letter it specifically says NOT to do any adjustments to your car. Bring it in as it failed the van drive by, because they are actually trying to "help." Turns out, if I had failed the inspection today I would have qualified for financial ad. So the $715 to get my car exempt would have come out of a mix of state and private funds, not my pocket. Why would I qualify you ask, because everyone qualifies. Not only that tid-bit of info, the "specialist" was really pretty cool. Saying things like, "your numbers are pretty close, good enough, we'll get you through." they didn't say anything about the cat or smog pump ether. Then to top it off I got gifts for playing. $25 voucher to the Grease Monkey and a voucher to a free e-check. So $50 in door prizes. I'll post the actual results tomorrow. Thanks guys for listening to me vent on this. Samson |
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